Annie

“I hated the mountains and the hills, the rivers and the rain. I hated the sunsets of whatever colour, I hated its beauty and its magic and the secret I would never know. I hated its indifference and the cruelty which was part of its loveliness. Above all I hated her. For she belonged to the magic and the loveliness. She had left me thirsty and all my life would be thirst and longing for what I had lost before I found it.”
― Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea

“There are always two deaths, the real one and the one people know about.”
― Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea

“I have named you queen.
There are taller than you, taller.
There are purer than you, purer.
There are lovelier than you, lovelier.
But you are the queen.

When you go through the streets
No one recognizes you.
No one sees your crystal crown, no one looks
At the carpet of red gold
That you tread as you pass,
The nonexistent carpet.

And when you appear
All the rivers sound
In my body, bells
Shake the sky,
And a hymn fills the world.

Only you and I,
Only you and I, my love,
Listen to it.”
― Pablo Neruda, Love Poems

“Όταν έπρεπε να κόψω όλους τους άγριους θάμνους να ελευθερωθεί το τοπίο, δεν το 'κανα. Λυπήθηκα τα φίδια, που δεν θα είχαν άλλες φωλιές για να κρυφτούν. Όταν έπρεπε να φυλάξω λίγο νερό, για ώρα ανάγκης, δεν το 'κανα. Λυπήθηκα τ' αδέσποτα, που διψούσαν.”
― Alkyoni Papadaki, Το ταξίδι που λέγαμε...